LIS faculty Dr. Angela P. Murillo and Dr. Kyle M. L. Jones recently published “A ‘just-in-time’ pragmatic approach to creating Quality Matters-informed online courses” in the journal Information and Learning Sciences. Their work helps provide guidance for faculty and instructors to quickly create high-quality online classes using Quality Matters. Quality Matters is one of the most widely regarded standards for online course design. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many instructors have needed to quickly convert face-to-face classes into an online environment. However, many instructors do not have online education expertise. Standards such as Quality Matters can help guide the creation of quality online course environments. This paper provides a research-based and pragmatic approach for creating QM-informed online courses. This study is particularly timely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will help prepare instructors for any second-wave scenarios. Furthermore, through providing guidance on the creation of Quality Matters-informed online course design, this paper will help instructors have a greater chance of instructional success for online course delivery. The research was supported by a Center for Teaching and Learning Curriculum Enhancement Grant.
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